Supermom Wannabe - Organisation

Our Multiple Roles

Nowadays, we are being pulled at all areas in our various roles and these roles can be extremely overwhelming and stressful in the long run. At home, I  will be a mom, a wife, a daughter-in-law and a daughter. At work, I will be a teacher, mentor, events coordinator etc.   have never been much of an organizer and i always ended up frustrated when I need to search for items to use desperately. I also ended up buying repeated items because I could not find the stuff that I have used earlier - especially in a time crunch. Soon, I found that in my line of work; your passion for your career will die out quickly if there is lack of proper time management and organization.  Soon I began to realise that if I don't start learning this skill soon, a recurring vision of heading for a mental breakdown would start to appear before me. I have to start soon but slowly. First, I started to read up of tips on decluttering my life and found the tips below especially useful for me.

Tips

- Use colour codes to differentiate sections of items 

- Use transparent boxes or files so that you can see what is stored inside quickly 

- Always have a designated area to place the item

- Place similar things together that are of the same function or from the same period

- Label if possible so that you can look for your items quickly 

- Paste a list that displays expiry dates  of items (such as cosmetics) 

- Create a list of grocery items for specific dishes for meals for the week 

- Display the items in an aesthetic way if possible so that it will not become "out of sight, out of mind".

- If you can find some organization tools that look aesthetically pleasing as well, use it! Not only will it serve it's function; it will bring a smile to your face or lift your mood in an instant. 

The above pictures show some of the tips that I have tried out and that worked well for me. I will be jotting more if I find more tried-and-tested tips. If you have any others that work well for you, please feel free to comment!